-=> On 02-14-98  17:01, Mike Angwin did testify and affirm <=-
-=> to David Hartung concerning Re: Libertarian Party <=-
 DH> There is much good to be said about privatizing the
 DH> education system, the only reservation I have is that there
 DH> are some kids whose parents caouldn't afford to pay for an
 DH> education, how would we(or would we, fo that matter) ensure
 DH> these kids access to to an education? 
 MA> While I think you'll find I am as opposed to the concept of
 MA> taxes as anyone, I do recognize that taxes, at a much lower
 MA> level than we have today of course, are a necessity.  There
 MA> are certian functions of government which we must have such
 MA> as provision of a defense of this nation against attack by
 MA> other nations and protection of our individual citizens
 MA> rights from encroachments by other citizens. Beyond defense
 MA> and law enforcement, I consider education to also be
 MA> something that government does have a role in, though a
 MA> role quite unlike the role it has today. 
The primary objection to government intervention in
education arises from the potential of government
requirements regarding content and the perspective of that
content. The easy way to avoid that is to limit government
requirements to structure - as in mandating 4 years English
and science, 3 years mathematics, etc - while leaving
content and perspective to the local PTA and the local
school board. 
Any testing should be done by an independent 3rd party
 - such as ACT, SAT, etc - and the test should simply rate
one's ranking in the general population.
With these restrictions, one can avoid the intrusion of
politically correct, central government dogma.
... Pray for President Clinton (Psalm 109:8)
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